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Airwave Imposters

Columbia record of President William McKinley but really the voice of Len Spencer.
(A. Lanset Collection
)

Jan 28, 2006

From
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We tend to trust people's voices, but sound recordings and radio are easy to fabricate. We asked WNYC archivist Andy Lanset to burrow into the early days of radio and unearth the fakers.

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